How many people currently in the US military?

i went to go see my old recruiter the other day and he said there was an explosion of recruits in the last few months, and that the army reserve is no longer taking juniors from high school, because so many people are joining.

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Best Answer: According to the first source link I posted below:
USA active military approximately 1,390,000
USA reserve military approximately 1,460,000

According to the second source link I posted below:

For the month of February, 2009
......active Army recruited 105% of their goal
......active Navy recruited 100% of their goal
......active Air Force recruited 100% of their goal
......active Marine Corps recruited 136% of their goal
......reserve Army recruited 115% of their goal
......Army National Guard recruited 109% of their goal
......reserve Navy recruited 100% of their goal
......reserve Air Force recruited 100% of their goal
......Air National Guard recruited 110% of their goal
......reserve Marine Corps recruited 100% of their goal

According to the third source link I posted below:

For the month of January, 2009
......active Army recruited 107% of their goal
......active Navy recruited 100% of their goal
......active Air Force recruited 100% of their goal
......active Marine Corps recruited 109% of their goal
......reserve Army recruited 103% of their goal
......Army National Guard recruited 88% of their goal
......reserve Navy recruited 100% of their goal
......reserve Air Force recruited 100% of their goal
......Air National Guard recruited 127% of their goal
......reserve Marine Corps recruited 155% of their goal

According to the fourth source link I posted below, “... we find that only 25 percent of our young people today ages 17 to 24 are qualified for military service.”

About 1.5 million active duty and about 1.2 million reserves. Since our population is over 300 million right now that's less than 1 percent of our population currently serving, active and reserves combined.